Daniel Ricciardo contacted by Haas over vacancy for F1 2023 driver line-up

Ricciardo received the message from Haas team principal Gueꦆnther Steiner at the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix on July 31 ahead of♛ the summer break,
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果🅺历史:Ricciardo will leave leave McLaren, it has finally been confirmed, ahead of next season and has been the subject of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:silly season rumours which he is anticipated to address at this weekend’s Belg🌞ian Grand Prix.
Haas’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up will include Kevin Magnussen who is contracted on a multi-year deal but Mick Sc✱humacher’s current contract expires at the end of 2022, and his future is uncertain.
That is wheꦺre Ricciardo may come in, now he ⛦is a free agent for 2023.
The veteran Australian had a contract with McLaren until the end of 2023 but the team reportedly🐽 told him that they intend t🌠o replace him next year with Oscar Piastri.
It is cheaper for McLaren to pay off Ricciardo aജnd sign Piastri than to pay Ricciardo in 2023, it has been reported.
Alpine are also a serious option for Ricciardo.
He represented them w𒁏hen the team was known as Renღault.
Ricciardo is currently paid £12.2m by McLaren this season - making him the fifth-highest 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:earner on the grid. Schumacher is paid l🌄ess than £1m this season so accommodating Ricciardo’s wages may be𒆙 an issue for Haas.

As for Schumacher?
The son of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:legend Michael Schumacher is in his second F1 season and came under criticism from Haas boss Steiner for the frequency of his crashes but has since improved to sco🎃re points at the British and Austrian grands prix.
The dwindling numꦕber of seats for the 2023 F1 driver line-up means that Haas are not yet prepared to commit to keeping Schumacher.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Amer🦄ican sports, to football, to F1.